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a jacket quite similar to that of the men. It was in 
fact the same garment altered only in details. These 
ancient jackets appear to be well represented by those 
worn by Bagobo women today—possibly even to the 
elaborate shell bead decoration favored by the latter. 
The mountaineers of Luzon scarcely knew the article. 
The Nabaloi, Kankanai, Tinggian, Kalinga, and even 
Apayao and Ilongot women now wear it more or less 
regularly; but these tribes have maintained trade con- 
tacts with the Ilokano or other Christians, and the bare- 
breasted Ifugao and Bontok more probably represent 
the ancient custom of all the interior tribes. The 
modern Christian Filipina has given up the jacket and 
in most cases the sarong. Her dress differs somewhat 
from that of European women, but is basically of the 
same type and derived from it. 
Hair, Teeth,and Tattoo. The ancient Filipino 
man wore his hair long and his adherence to this custom 
is a very fair index of the degree of his civilization, or 
rather his subjugation to Christian influence. The unaf- 
fected pagan tribes still maintain the old practice. The 
Tagalog formerly let the hair flow to the shoulder, the 
Cagayan, like the neighboring Kalinga of today, 
allowed it to fall free as far as it would, and valued 
length as beauty. The Ilokano cut it somewhat; the 
Sambal shaved the front half of the head, but wore a 
great loose shock on the middle of the skull. <A similar 
style is still adhered to by the Negrito Batak of Palawan. 
The Bisaya, according to some accounts, cut their hair 
somewhat shorter than any of the Luzon tribes; accord- 
ing to others, trimmed it in a sort of queue. Of the 
Mohammedans, the Yakan and Lanao Moros still wear 
their hair long. 
For women, the usual style was to leave the hair un- 
confined. Here also there were national fashions. 


